Example sentences of "[adv prt] over a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tax will be phased in over a three-year period from July 1994 . |
| 2 | Bush did not indicate how the changes , which were to be phased in over a five-year period at a cost of up to $100,000 million , would be financed . |
| 3 | He did this willingly and without complaint , often coming in over a complete weekend in order to have all the new cards out by the end of August which was largely achieved . ’ |
| 4 | This level of pay was never conceived of as being a realizable objective for a statutory minimum wage that would be brought in over a short period of time . |
| 5 | At the back there is a horizontal belt sleeve which allows it to be attached to a belt up to 70mm wide and there is also a vertical sleeve 50mm wide which permits it to be worn on its side or slid down over a vertical post for use as a permanent fixture at a centre or clubhouse . |
| 6 | More than 100 jobs have been axed , a For Sale sign has gone up over a large slice of its assets and chief executive Andros Stakis has been ousted . |
| 7 | Emily lifted her head and breathed in the sweet March air , it was good to stand in the garden of Summer Lodge looking out over a tranquil sea with timid waves reaching for the shore . |
| 8 | The duty , which was to have been phased out over a nine-month period to March 1991 , was dismissed as ineffective because shoppers would be able to circumvent it by buying in the West after July 1 . |
| 9 | The house sits snugly , 275 feet above sea level , with a view southwards out over a wide expanse of undulating country to hills beyond . |
| 10 | For maximum usefulness , these measurements must be carried out over a wide range of temperature . |
| 11 | A dolphin school will often divide up into subgroups while searching for food , which separate and spread out over a wide area of sea , still diving synchronously — evidence that they are probably in some form of acoustic contact . |
| 12 | The tide was far out over a wide plain of sand but you could see its many colours silvering towards those reaches where sky and horizon misted together . |
| 13 | The counterfeit cheques , for sums between £20 and £60 , were made out over a five-month period from March last year . |
| 14 | The cheapest and most practical method was for the shikari to sit out over a tethered bait in a tree hide or machan waiting for the tiger to appear . |
| 15 | In some programs files have to be inverted overnight and this requires the microcomputer to be switched on over a long period of time . |